Blue Pencil Café
Sign up for a one-on-one session with an attending editor! Bring a 2-3 page sample or just your questions, and receive feedback, advice, and insight! Spaces with each editor will be limited, and assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign-ups begin once Early Bird Registration has closed, December 22nd!
Participating Editors (as of October 2025):
Carl Engle-Laird, Editor, Tor Publishing Group
Andrew Leon Hudson, Editor-in-Chief, Mythaxis UK
Rebecca Bennett, Managing Editor, Heartlines Spec
The Charles R. Saunders Readings
Charles R. Saunders is the father of “Sword and Soul”, fantasy fiction based on African myth, history, and culture. Saunders was an author and journalist who lived much of his life in Nova Scotia, after relocating in 1969 to avoid the draft. The novels and essays he wrote here established him as a pioneer of Black speculative fiction.
The Charles R. Saunders Prize was established with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia to help support an emerging or early-career writer, with priority given to writers from equity-deserving communities.
In celebration of Saunders and his legacy in Nova Scotia, TriCon is proud to present readings from past Saunders Prize winners, as well as a lecture on Saunders’ contribution to fantasy from his biographer, Jon Tattrie (@tattriejon)!
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